Prof. McElwee-White awarded the 2015 ACS Florida Award

Professor Lisa McElwee-White is the winner of the 2015 American Chemical Society Florida Award. The award was established in 1952 by a vote of the Florida Section of the American Chemical Society and is presented annually to a chemist in the Southeast Region by the ACS Florida Section. The Florida Award recognizes leadership and contributions … Read more

U.F. Welcomes Dr. Daniel Savin to the Chemistry Department Faculty and Polymer Research

“The Department of Chemistry, the George and Josephine Butler Polymer Research Laboratory, the Polymer Research Program, and the Center for Macromolecular Science and Engineering are pleased to announce the addition of Dr. Daniel Savin, who has joined our research and teaching efforts at the Universtiy of Florida. Dr. Savin comes to us as part of … Read more

2014-2015 Townes R. Leigh Prize Recipients Announced

“The Department of Chemistry is pleased to announce the recipients of the annual Townes R. Leigh Prizes for outstanding achievement by first year graduate students. This award recognizes excellence in coursework, teaching, research, and written qualifying examinations. The recipients from the 2013 Ph.D. class are Tomohiro Kubo, Christopher Kabb, Matthew Bell, Laura Baily, Olivier Nsengiyumva, … Read more

Khanh Ha received Graduate Student Mentoring Award

“The U.F. Graduate Student Mentoring Award was established in 2012 to recognize graduate students at the University of Florida who take time to help others succeed as graduate or undergraduate students or in K-12 classrooms (i.e., working with K-12 students and/or teachers). The award is particularly designed to acknowledge the mentoring contribution from the graduate … Read more

Molecular MANIA 2014!

“UF’s Department of Chemistry, along with the Center for Catalysis, will be hosting Molecular Mania 2014 at the Oaks mall this Saturday, October 25th, from 10am-3pm in the Belk court area. At this annual event, 40+ graduate student volunteers use 20+ interactive demonstrations to help convey science themes to the youth of the community, in … Read more

Alex Grenning joins the Chemistry Department as an Assistant Professor

“The Department of Chemistry at the University of Florida is pleased to welcome Dr. Alex Grenning as a tenure track Assistant Professor of Chemistry. Dr. Grenning received his undergraduate degree from Lake Forest College in 2007 and then pursued Ph.D. studies at The University of Kansas under the direction of Prof. Jon Tunge. As a … Read more

Professor Miller appears on Fox 35 to discuss Gatoresin.

Paulo Paioti receives the M.A. Battiste Award.

“We are pleased to announce that the 2014 M. A. Battiste Award for Creative Work in Synthetic Organic Chemistry, sponsored by Petra Research, was awarded to Paulo Paioti. The award recognizes excellence in synthetic organic chemistry by a 3rd year graduate student who has completed their oral qualifying examination. Mr. Paioti’s work is focused on … Read more

Congratulations to the W.M. Jones Award Recipients

“The W. M. Jones Award for Originality and Creativity was endowed by Emeritus Professor William (“Bill”) M. Jones and each year acknowledges an original research proposal idea of a graduate student in the Organic, Inorganic, or Biochemistry Division. The award is judged based on three criteria: originality and impact of the scientific idea, quality and … Read more

Procter and Gamble Awards Announced

“We are pleased to announce the recipients of the Procter & Gamble Awards for excellence in graduate research. These awards are made annually to recognize excellence in research among our upper level graduate students. This year, seven students were chosen by the selections committee. Congratulations to Flavio Cardoso, Natali Di Russo, Joe DuChene, Khanh Ha, … Read more

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